hungered

Example Sentences

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Election administrators in many states have long hungered for better access to federal information on citizenship status.

From Salon • Feb. 27, 2026

That added to a quasi “gold rush” among investors who understandably hungered for a piece of the action.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 3, 2026

Only those who hungered for true love, like Seong-hun, had made the cut.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2024

This was a powerful tonic for the mass of Chinese peasants, who hungered for land reform.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

Within a month, we were receiving The Economist and reading the news we hungered for.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela